From canteen menus and diaries, to scrap paper and glaze recipes, the archive at Middleport Pottery contains a wealth of information about pottery workers and their lives.
Notebook containing lists of Burgess & Leigh customers and their locations.
1913
T2333
Notebook containing personnel records.
c. 1956
T3605
Letter from Staff Canteen Contractors to Kingsley Leigh about the staff canteen at Middleport Pottery.
13th November, 1943
T4061.1
Sample menu for the staff canteen from Barkers Contractors Ltd, including a note on ‘Specials’ and wartime rationing.
1943
T4061.5.2
Sample menu for the staff canteen from Scottish Industrial Catering Co. Ltd, with meals suggested subject to Ministry of Food Regulations.
1st March, 1947
T4061.30.2
Table seating chart for the 1951 Burgess & Leigh staff dinner
December, 1951
T4664.8.1
Notebook belonging to Arthur Lattimore, containing notes about different pottery processes and glaze recipes.
c. 20th century
T7592
Notebook listing Christmas presents given to staff.
1903-1933
T7593
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